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Jyutping diu1 naan4
Pinyin diāo nán

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to deliberately make things difficult for; to be hard on someone
    (syn.) 刁靠, 喬靠, 乔靠, 喬苦, 乔苦, 刁古董

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Jyutping diu1 naan6
Pinyin diāo nàn

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    刻意​為​其他人​製​造​麻​煩
    to create difficulties for others; to make things difficult for others
    • 老闆唔想升我職,所以工作上有心刁難我。
      老板唔想升我职,所以工作上有心刁难我。
      The boss doesn't want to promote me, so he's making things difficult for me.

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Jyutping diu1 naan4
Pinyin diāo nàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
  2. Taiwan pr. [diao1 nan2]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    刻意​為​其他人​製​造​麻​煩
    to create difficulties for others; to make things difficult for others
    • 老闆唔想升我職,所以工作上有心刁難我。
      老板唔想升我职,所以工作上有心刁难我。
      The boss doesn't want to promote me, so he's making things difficult for me.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to deliberately make things difficult for; to be hard on someone
    (syn.) 刁靠, 喬靠, 乔靠, 喬苦, 乔苦, 刁古董
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #868
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    澳洲的考试方式并不是为了刁难受测者。
    澳洲的考試方式並不是為了刁難受測者。
    ào zhōu de kǎo shì fāng shì bìng bù shì wèi le diāo nàn shòu cè zhě 。
    • The method used for tests in Australia is not meant to be difficult for the people sitting them.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你唔使百般刁难我㖞,我辞职啰!
    你唔使百般刁難我喎,我辭職囉!
    nei5 m4 sai2 baak3 bun1 diu1 naan4 ngo5 wo3, ngo5 ci4 zik1 lo1!
    • You don't have to make things so difficult for me in every possible means, I'll quit.
  2. Cantonese
    老板唔想升我职,所以工作上有心刁难我。
    老闆唔想升我職,所以工作上有心刁難我。
    • The boss doesn't want to promote me, so he's making things difficult for me.